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Newspaper

The Winthrop Review

Location

Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1936

Page

8

Mining’s Hidden Toll Lungs Show Coal Contact

A miner who worked underground for a year develops abnormal lung function. appearances can mislead as health declines. In some cases lung tissue has been found hardened with coal, revealing a severe occupational risk.

Our Best Often

A reflective line on resilience after grief suggesting momentum through sorrow and recovery. The phrasing evokes persistence and strength rising from sorrow, implying a hopeful stance after hardship.

Understanding Subsoil The Hidden Layer Beneath Topsoil

A farmer notes that beneath the brown or black loam lies a subsoil layer of loose dark earth and stones. It acts as a transition between the surface soil and the deeper hard rock, marking a gradation in the earth.

Love’s Longest Word in an Indian Dialect

A linguistic note presents a long native term for love described as Chemlendamonghkuna gogager in an Indian dialect. The entry highlights regional vocabulary and the complexity of translating affection into a single word.

Town votes for appropriation amid claims of waste and staff bloat

The meeting heard critics allege misused funds and idle high paid staff while WPA projects cut workers. A citizen proposed a study committee before any blank check approval. The measure passed 98 to 10 and a second article empowered a salary review by the Advisory Committee for a later report.

Samuel Kline

Primary Contest Continues Amid Candidate Reactions

In the Republican race Belcher faces calls to respect the outcome of the primary while Hayes and Thomas back the process. Some supporters expect Honan to seek re election, with rumors of a potential challenge to his nomination.

Belcher Hayes Thomas Honan

Miller Field to Reopen in Fall for Football After Park Renovation

Ingleside Park work shifts cost to the State under the Public Works Department. Baseball and other sports paused as Miller Field remains closed until grass roots. The spring spend on loam and seed aims to improve play surface. field to open in fall for football, weather permitting.

Department of Public Works Miller Field Park Department

McElligott of Columbus Dies. Civic Leader and Democrat

B. F. McElligott of Columbus and the Holy Name Society of St. John the Evangelist Church was a respected civic figure and longtime Democrat in this town. He is survived by his widow Elizabeth, two sons, a daughter, and three brothers.

Columbus The Holy ‘Name Society St. John the Evangelist Church Democratic Party Elizabeth McElligott

New Services For Motor Boat Owners At Ballem's

Ballem's Filling Station at Winthrop Bridge now under A L Merrill offers complete gasoline and Veedol motor oil service to motor boat owners at the bridge or its float. A 50 gallon tanker brings fuel or oil to arriving boats, with rapid attentive service by Merrill and assistant Tubba Carter. The slogan Service for all and all for service reflects enhanced, courteous offerings and growing patronage.

Ballem Winthrop Bridge A. L. Merrill Winthrop Merrill Tubba" Carter Ballem's Ballem’s

Record of Synagogue in China in 1183

A historical note mentions a synagogue in China in the year 1183. The fragment records a religious site outside traditional European centers and hints at early Jewish presence in Asia.

China

Bees Do Not Sting You If You Display No Fear

The Indianapolis News notes a U.S. Bureau of Entomology finding that bees can sting even with breath holding or clenched fists. Stings occur due to quiet, nervous movement. fear heightens risk, while calm behavior and certain body odors influence bee response.

Indianapolis News United States Bureau of Entomology

Early Colonial Coinage and Mint Establishments

The passage notes copper coins struck in England for New England and Maryland’s silver shillings and pence. It records 1785 mint openings in Vermont and Connecticut, New Jersey in 1786, and a federal plan urged by Congress and Jefferson for a continental mint. State mints closed after the 1789 Constitution adoption.

England New Carolina Lord Baltimore Maryland Vermont Connecticut New Jersey Congress Thomas Jefferson

Marblehead Week Races Highlighted by Regatta Storms and Wins

Marblehead Week saw 381 yachts racing under Eastern Yacht Club from Monday to Tuesday with a record midweek fleet. Winners included Diane in Marconi division and Oriental in Manchester division. Cottage Park and Winthrop 15s also yielded victors as a northwesterly squall struck Tuesday, sinking Yankee and forcing many boats to seek shelter.

Pleon Yacht Club Winthrop Yachtsmen Eastern Yacht Club Marblehead Cottage Park Almon E. Whittemore Manchester Marconi Cloutier Diane Reina Ken Magoon Prancer Keenan Hawk Skehan McKough Wean Winthrop White Oriental Barrows Joan Magoon Sally Wise

Origin of the word dun linked to Lincoln bailiff Joe Dun

The British Apollo of 1780 recounts a tale that the term dun stems from Joe Dun, a Lincoln bailiff during Henry VIII’s era. His debt-collecting prowess made his name proverbial, and the saying arose to pressure delinquents to pay.

Dun Donner Joe Dun Lincoln Henry VIII

Pyrethrum Fact Sheet From Foreign Crop Introduction

Pyrethrin insect killer imported in large quantities mainly from Japan. The crop is new to many farmers and belongs to the Compositae group that includes chrysanthemum, aster, and daisy. The flowers resemble ordinary field daisies.

Japan

Dexter’s Pickle Book Shown With Punctuation Appendix

The eccentric Lord Timothy Dexter printed A Pickle for the Knowing Ones without punctuation in the main text. An appendix provided pages filled with various punctuation marks for readers to insert as they wished.

Newburyport Mass Timothy Dexter

Officer McDonald Returns From Vacation

Officer John J. McDonald is back on duty after a two week vacation to the mountains of New Hampshire.

John J. McDonald New Hampshire

Cold Pole in Northwest Greenland Near Rensselaer Harbor

A cold pole in the Western Hemisphere sits near Rensselaer harbor in Northwest Greenland where temperatures can drop to seventy degrees below zero.

Rensselaer Harbor Greenland

Sobey's Restaurant and Deli Catessen at 58 Woodside Avenue

Ipswich residents seek convenient meals from Sobey's Restaurant and Deli at 58 Woodside Avenue. Dan Shea, popular manager, offers choice fried clams roast stuffed spring chicken and varied deli products prepared daily by an experienced chef with table and booth service in the restaurant department.

Sobey’s Woodside Avenue Dan Shea Sotbey’s

Texas horned toad found in Winthrop

A Texas horned toad six inches long with horns on its head was captured by Harry A. Newton of 19 Pauline Street Winthrop on Lewis Lake shore. Locals could not recall seeing such a creature nearby and describe its stubby legs and rapid ground movement.

Harry A. Newton Pauline Street Winthrop Lewis Lake Newton

Flaming Youth and Hamlet Quote in Verse Twist

The phrase flaming youth appears alongside a Hamlet style line where virtue is wax and melts in its own fire. The pairing suggests a playful mashup of famous expression with a Shakespearean image.

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